Graduate Catalog 2019-2020 - University Of South Florida

Graduate Catalog 2019-2020The policies and procedures herein have been approved, as appropriate, by the USF Graduate Council Policy Committeeand by the full USF Graduate Council, a Standing Committee of the Faculty Senate.The policies, procedures, and requirements herein are applicable to students admitted to a graduate degree program or graduate certificate, and/or non-degreeseeking students taking graduate coursework. Undergraduate students should refer to the Undergraduate Catalog, even if taking graduate coursework. It is thestudent level that dictates which publication governs, not the level of coursework.USF Office of Graduate Studies, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ALN226Tampa, FL 33620 www.grad.usf.eduOFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIESGraduate Catalog 2019-2020

Office of Graduate Studies Mission Statement . 1Welcome to Graduate Studies . 2About USF . 5Academic Calendar . 19Updates for 2019-2020 . 22Graduate Faculty . 26Admissions . 27Registration and General Information . 38Tuition, Fees, and Financial Information . 50Academic Policies and Regulations . 52University Degree Requirements . 66Graduation Information and Post-Doctoral Affairs. 84Degree, Majors, and Concentrations . 87Accelerated Majors . 88Accelerated Majors . 89Concurrent Degrees . 106Graduate Certificates . 121Colleges . 128College of Arts and Sciences . 129College of Arts and Sciences: School of Humanities . 132College of Arts and Sciences: School of Humanities . 132Department of Communication . 134Communication, M.A. . 135Communication, Ph.D. . 137Department of English . 139Creative Writing, M.F.A. 140English, M.A. . 144English, Ph.D. . 148Comparative Literary Studies Graduate Certificate . 152Creative Writing Graduate Certificate . 154Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate . 156Professional and Technical Communication Graduate Certificate . 158Department of History . 160OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIESGraduate Catalog 2019-2020

History, M.A. . 161History, Ph.D. . 166Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies . 169Liberal Arts, M.A. 170American Culture & Society Graduate Certificate . 174Film & New Media Studies Graduate Certificate . 176Department of Philosophy . 178Philosophy, M.A. . 179Philosophy, Ph.D. . 183Department of Religious Studies . 187Religious Studies, M.A. . 188Department of World Languages . 191French, M.A. . 192Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Ph.D. . 195Linguistics: English as a Second Language, M.A. . 198Spanish, M.A. . 200Applied Linguistics Graduate Certificate. 203Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) or Foreign Language Graduate Certificate. 205College of Arts and Sciences: School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. 207College of Arts and Sciences: School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics . 207Biology, M.S. . 209Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology . 214Cancer Biology, Ph.D. . 215Cancer Chemical Biology, Ph.D. . 218Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy, Ph.D. . 221Cell and Molecular Biology, Ph.D. . 224Integrated Mathematical Oncology, Ph.D. . 227Microbiology, M.S. . 230Department of Chemistry . 234Chemistry, M.A. . 235Chemistry, M.S. . 238Chemistry, Ph.D. . 241Department of Integrated Biology. 244OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIESGraduate Catalog 2019-2020

Integrative Biology, Ph.D. . 245Department of Mathematics and Statistics . 250Mathematics, M.A. . 251Mathematics, Ph.D. 257Statistics, M.A. 263Mathematics Graduate Certificate . 267Statistical Data Analysis Graduate Certificate . 269Department of Physics . 271Physics (Applied Physics), Ph.D. 272Physics, M.S. . 276Department of Psychology . 278Psychology, Ph.D. . 279Psychology, M.A. 284School of Geosciences . 288Environmental Science and Policy, M.S. . 289Geography and Environmental Science and Policy, Ph.D. . 294Geography, M.A. . 297Geology, M.S. 301Geology, Ph.D. . 304Environmental Policy & Management Graduate Certificate . 307Geographical Information Systems Graduate Certificate . 309Hydrogeology Graduate Certificate . 311College of Arts and Sciences: School of Social Sciences . 313College of Arts and Sciences: School of Social Sciences . 313Department of Anthropology . 315Applied Anthropology, M.A. . 316Applied Anthropology, Ph.D. . 323Crime Scene Investigation for Violent Crimes Graduate Certificate . 329Medical Anthropology Graduate Certificate . 331Department of Economics . 333Economics, M.A. . 334Economics, Ph.D. . 337Department of Sociology. 340OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIESGraduate Catalog 2019-2020

Sociology, M.A. . 341Sociology, Ph.D. 343Department of Women's and Gender Studies . 346Women's and Gender Studies, M.A. . 347Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate . 350School of Information . 352Intelligence Studies, M.S. . 353Library and Information Science, M.A. . 356Cyber Intelligence Graduate Certificate. 359Health Information Graduate Certificate . 361Library Information Technol

OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES Graduate Catalog 2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 2019-2020 The policies and procedures herein have been approved, as appropriate, by the USF Graduate Council Policy Committee